Chapter 63 Kind-heart (2)
“Godmother! For the sake of godfather, please forgive me! I have long wanted to go and apologize to godmother. It was just that godfather won’t let me…Godmother, don’t be angry. You won’t be pretty anymore if you are too angry!” Gentleman Huang was still chirping. It looked like he wouldn’t stop if Chen Hui doesn’t forgive him.
At this moment, Chen Hui got a general idea of things after listening. She squatted down in front of him and asked in disbelief, “The godfather you are talking about is Lord Li?”
Seeing that Chen Hui was actually willing to talk to him, gentleman Huang was so happy that he nodded his head like pounding garlic.
Chen Hui was a bit speechless for a while.
Li Youde is not even thirty years old. He actually recognizes a godson who is almost the same age as him? What was more terrifying was that this one with the surname Huang was too able to cope in any situation. Forget that he recognizes a eunuch as godfather, the other party was about the same age as him. Doesn’t he feel awkward when calling him godfather? She can only admit that she couldn’t compare!
“You…go a bit farther away. I don’t want to talk to you,” Chen Hui stood up and beckoned at him in disgust.
Gentleman Huang got up and said respectfully, “Yes, godmother. Presumably, godmother doesn’t know what this son’s name is, right? You can call me Renhou!”
- Renhou (仁厚) means kindhearted, honest and generous.
Chen Hui, “…” She didn’t want to speak. She suddenly got a godson who is so many years older than her. Why did she feel that it was so much like a fantasy?! Also, what Renhou? What part of this lecher was kind-hearted?
“Godmother, did you come to find godfather? He is upstairs!” Gentleman Huang chuckled, “Don’t worry, it is very quiet at godfather’s side. You don’t have to come to catch him, heihei.”
Chen Hui who was planning to go upstairs, stopped.
She very much wanted to pry open Huang Renhou’s head and see what was in it. She, someone without a status and identity of a eunuch’s courtyard, what qualification does she have to come to catch someone in the act? Moreover, it was catching a eunuch in the act! Was there such a need? What could he do?!
Just as Chen Hui planned to go somewhere else to have dinner, she suddenly remembered something and asked Huang Renhou, “Lord Li drank alcohol?”
Huang Renhou laughed dryly twice, “This, socializing, it is inevitable…”
Chen Hui’s face turned cold, “Take me there.”
Huang Renhou was busily leading the way, “Godmother, come with this son!”
Chen Hui ignored how Huang Renhou addressed her and followed. She recalled how she got to Li residence. Chen Pingzhi mentioned in the letter to her how he took advantage of Li Youde’s drunkenness to send people to Li residence. If someone else did that today…Wasn’t that harming another girl? Think about how hard it had been for her in the beginning. Now the good times are just beginning for her after the hard times, but another girl may not be as optimistic as her. What if she couldn’t get out of the depressive mood and commits suicide?
Chen Hui followed Huang Renhou into a private room with a flower-and-bird screen blocking it. The persuasive voices to persuade someone to drink were very lively. No one knew the arrival of Chen Hui and her group.
Huang Renhou had already run to Li Youde first and said a few words in his ear. Hearing that Lady Chen was here, Li Youde who was slightly drunk, stared at the screen and Chen Hui also walked from behind the screen at this moment.
Chen Hui looked around. There was a big round table here. Seven or eight people were sitting around the table. Aside from Li Youde, Chen Hui didn’t know any of them.
Li Youde stood up abruptly. Seeing that everyone else was watching, he felt that his reaction was too great. So, he sat back and said sternly to Chen Hui, “What did you come here for?”
Chen Hui raised an eyebrow and a gentle smile appeared on her face, “Happened to pass by here and heard that lord is here. So, this lady came to have a look…”
The forty-something man next to Li Youde seemed to have drunken a lot. He said with a smile, “Lord Li’s luck with women is not small. Presumably, this one is talented girl Lady Jiang, right?”
Li Youde’s expression changed repeatedly.
Chen Hui looked at Li Youde. If he didn’t deny it, she would just let it be. She also got the title of talented girl for nothing. As for how frivolous the tone of the man was, she naturally ignored it.
Li Youde was also looking at her and it was unknown what he was thinking about.
The only one remaining…Huang Renhou who knew the truth had already woken up from the drunkenness at this moment. He didn’t dare to speak when he felt that the atmosphere wasn’t right.
“She is Lady Chen,” Li Youde finally spoke and looked seemingly displeased at the person who had spoken.
Unexpectedly, the bootlick fell on the wrong boot. There was a moment of embarrassment on that person’s face and he hurriedly smiled, “It turned out to be Lady Chen. Indeed, hiding the moon, shaming the flowers and fish sinks, goose alights!”
- Hiding the moon, shaming the flowers: female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world.
- Fish sinks, goose alights: female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts.
Chen Hui smiled faintly and said, “Thank you for the compliment. This Lady Chen was only worried about lord. That was why this Lady Chen came to have a look. Since this Lady Chen already had a look, this Lady Chen will go back first. You can continue to enjoy yourself to your heart’s content.”
She turned her head and looked once at Ah Da and Ah Er who were standing in the corner. It was unknown what signal the two received. They nodded their heads repeatedly.
After Chen Hui walked out of the private room, Li Youde felt that the alcohol went to his head a bit. He suddenly said, “I will only drink till here today. You guys can keep drinking.”
Someone wanted to stop Li Youde politely but was stopped by one glare from Li Youde. He walked out of the private room quickly. Huang Renhou also followed. His face was slightly distorted when he said, “Godfather, was it wrong for this son to bring godmother?”
“You called her godmother in her face?” Li Youde’s attention was on other things.
Huang Renhou nodded hesitantly.
“What did she say?”
Huang Renhou said, “Uh…godmother was a bit unhappy at first, but later she recognized it.”
Li Youde raised his hand, “Roll back, don’t follow.”
Huang Renhou didn’t dare to say no and hurriedly rolled back to the private room.
Li Youde got downstairs quickly. When he went out of the restaurant, he looked around. He discovered that his residence’s carriage was not far away and that Lady Chen had just gotten on the carriage.
Li Youde walked over and said to Xiao Tiao who hasn’t gotten in the carriage yet, “Take the other carriage.”
Xiao Tiao didn’t dare to say no and could only quietly watch Li Youde get on the carriage.
Chen Hui was a bit surprised at first when she heard Li Youde’s voice outside. When he got in the carriage, the bright smile on her face was completely different from that in the private room, “Lord, what a coincidence.”
Li Youde sat down and motioned for Xiao Liu to drive. Then, he looked at Chen Hui and said in a high-pitched voice, “Lady Chen, what are you doing? My good mood had been lost because of you!”
Chen Hui suddenly looked guilty, “Lord, it is this Lady Chen who was not good. There will be no next time.”
Li Youde was silent. He thought about what happened in the private room. After a while, he said, “Are you upset for being mistaken for Lady Jiang?”
“How can that be?” Chen Hui said, “This Lady Chen couldn’t be happier to be mistaken for a talented girl!”
Li Youde’s expression darkened, “So, you blame me for giving an explanation?”
Chen Hui looked fixedly at Li Youde once. There was not much space in the carriage. The distance between the two was very small. The smell of alcohol on him spread to her. No wonder she felt that the Li Youde of today had a different kind of irrationality. Moreover, he had been hiding from her for so long. It must be the wine who gave him the courage to come to look for her on his own initiative. Wasn’t he afraid that she would once again pounce on him?
Chen Hui swears that she was just all talks…No, she was just thinking about it. Who would’ve thought that that the carriage jolted when she just snickered? She suddenly threw herself at Li Youde. Her lips bumped into his chin. It was so painful that she almost went to heaven.
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